The only environmentalists I ever saw light an arson fire is the two twits who burned SUVs here in Eugene, Oregon to protest them. Or those that did the Oakridge Ranger Station and those fires aimed at USFS or BLM infrastructure and ski lodges.
Many fires (like the infamous Warner Creek fire locally) have been set in spotted owl reserves, and some were togenerate work, or as in the case of the USFS employee in Colorado, to make them seem like heroes for calling them in.
As someone who has had a friend die before his eyes when a burnt snag split open his head, I hate arsonists, passionately. But I caution about hyperbole that the preponderance of these filthy creatures are enviro whackos.
The evidence is just not there to make that case.
I was not speaking of arson or arsonists (how you came to that conclusion is your problem). The twit who started the fire did not do so with the intentions you list. The drama queen wanted to be 'rescued'. That still makes her a twit and all- yes I mean ALL- of the avowed environmentalists I have met conduct themselves as if they are above the laws of the average people and certainly smarter than mother nature. If there is an enviro-wacko that doesn't think he is smarter than the rest of us, please write an article about him and sing his praises- I *might* change my opinion. No promises, though. /rant